Author: Magnus Taylor
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Somalia’s Famine: Never again, again – By Jamie Drummond, Exec Director, ONE
It’s over a month since famine was declared in Somalia and alarm bells clearly rung about serious food shortages across Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. 12 ... -
South Sudan: newborn state in a nasty zone – By Richard Dowden
Looking back on my recent trip to Uganda and Sudan it struck that while Kampala throbs with energy and activity, its inhabitants are discontented. In Juba ... -
Sierra Leone Paper Scandal Underscores Plight of African Universities – Michael Keating
Last week the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14495242) reported on a scandal at the once respected Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone. It seems that students were unable to ... -
DRC: Conflict Minerals, Dodd-Frank and due diligence – Get on With It – By Mark Taylor
The battle over conflict minerals in DR Congo is heating up. No, I don’t mean the actual fighting is getting worse or that your newly-purchased mobile ... -
ICC and Kenya: ‘Ocampo’s Six’ an important hurdle for the International Criminal Court – By Charlie Warren
Today, the International Criminal Court’s began its “confirmation on charges” hearings for the Ocampo Six, and the conventional wisdom holds that the proceedings will be a ... -
ICC and Kenya’s 2012 elections: ‘The Half Made Place’ – By Dan Branch
Kenya is, according to the writer Billy Kahora, a “˜half-made place,’ a country of “˜parallel universes, parallel economies, parallel lives, futures and realities.’[i] One does need ... -
ICC and Kenya: time for cooperation? – By Sabine Hoehn
On 1st September the International Criminal Court will decided whether it opens trials against six Kenyan high ranking officials charged to be the most responsible for ... -
Congo: Change or stagnation? – A new book by Theodore Trefon
2010 was in important year for the DRC and the Congolese. It marked 50 years of independence from Belgium and the cancellation of the near totality ... -
Cote d’Ivoire: Ouattara restores calm after the stand-off – By Ashley Elliott
Ouattara v Gbagbo. Cote d’Ivoire’s recent post-election problems began in the wake of the November 2010 presidential polls. After the election commission initially gave victory to ... -
Central African Republic: Peacebuilding without Peace – By Louisa Lombard
Challenges on the Road to Accountable Government This report was originally published by SWP – German Institute for International and Security Affairs Fifteen years of UN-led ...
